GLP-1 shots and pills both help regulate appetite and blood sugar. Learn the differences in effectiveness, cost, and who ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

From sagging jowls and sulfurous burps to deflated breasts and surprise pregnancies, the side effects of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs have ranged from subtle to strange. Now, new research suggests that ...

Doctors have long known that antidepressants come with side effects for cardiovascular and metabolic health. But a major analysis from a team of researchers in the U.K. has, for the first time, pulled ...

Ozempic, and the class of weight loss drugs it has come to embody, has left its imprint seemingly everywhere: On the lives of millions of patients who’ve lost unprecedented amounts of weight. On ...

Q. When it comes to weight-loss drugs, I would prefer to use an injection. It’s much more convenient than waking up early to ...